It has a territorial extension of 636,5 square kilometers. Its climate is tropical, the75% of the relief is mountainous, and the 25% is made up of plains.
It has a population of 45773 inhabitants, with 12 Consejos Populares counties): Sempré, Carrera Larga, Cuneira, Costa Rica, Bayate, Bombí, Limonar, Sabaneta, La Escondida, San Fernando, Palisada and El Lechero, with a total of 68 rural communities.
There are some evidence of aboriginal settlements: Santa Fé, Purial, Marianal, Perseverancia, San Felipe de Guayacán, Jobito, Torteros, and Tiguabos.
This spot is known as the small Homeland of the mambí General Pedro Agustín Pérez. Tiguabos was his hometown and it was scenario of the first battle and the first victory of the mambí forces in Guantánamo. This town ended up into the capital of the emerging Independence Revolution in the jurisdiction.
A mountainous community known as Monte Ruz was the center of the insurgent Cuban military operations. General Antonio Maceo headed outstanding military actions inside this territory. The first great victory of the Cuban Independence Army took place under the strategic direction of Antonio Maceo in the battle of El Jobito, on May 13, 1895.
In the early years of the 20´s, the rural fights of Realengo 18 marked the life of these mountains, standing out a strong resistance against the rural evictions, led by Lino de las Mercedes Álvarez who took up the slogan "Tierra o Sangre" (Land or Blood).
In El Aguacate, Fidel Castro established the first rebel Commandership. In 1983, the municipality was declared Cultural Model for possessing ten basic institutions encouraging the local and cultural development of region.
Faithful to history and their traditions of fights, local children, men and women continue supporting the Cuban Revolution, forged by the sacrifice and the blood shed of local heroes.| Comments |
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